BOOM! Commercial supersonic airliners: will they succeed this time?
United has announced plans to buy 15 of Boom’s Overture supersonic jets – but the deal is subject to the very strenuous… Read More »
China building hypersonic plane to ferrying passengers to space by 2050
Engineers involved in China’s ambitious space program are building a hypersonic plane that could be ferrying more than 10,000 passengers… Read More »
United bets on supersonic future with Boom jet order
United Airlines is jumping into the potential market for supersonic travel with the first firm order for Boom Technology Inc.’s Overture… Read More »
United plans to offer supersonic travel by decade’s end
United Airlines has signed a deal with Boom Supersonic to buy more than a dozen supersonic planes, bringing back supersonic… Read More »
United Airlines orders 15+35 Boom supersonic jets
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) is buying ultra-fast jets from Denver-based aerospace company Boom Technology (Denver Centennial) in a move… Read More »
The next generation of supersonic passenger jets are coming
SST travel is coming back, but it will be for business aviation passengers first. It’s been over 15 years since… Read More »
Aerion Supersonic ends plans to build silent high speed business jets
Aerion Supersonic, the Nevada-based company that planned to build business jets capable of silently flying nearly twice as fast as… Read More »
Supersonic travel fever is heating up
“People have always wanted to travel fast, ever since the first person galloped across the plains on horseback,” says Mike… Read More »